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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See balm.

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  • noun United States writer of children's books (1856-1919)

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  • Photos of L. Frank Baum.

    September 10, 2009

  • The German word for "tree".

    September 10, 2009

  • Cognate with English 'beam' ("rafter") and the "tree" component of 'hornbeam'. Also with Dutch 'boom', borrowed as the wooden thingy on a ship (and presumably thus the stretchy microphone), plus in the snake 'boomslang'.

    September 10, 2009